ZKPassport Founders Spotlight Noir Ecosystem Growth

2025-10-13 08:36:38

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Zero Knowledge Podcast (zeroknowledgefm) released a video where the co-founders of ZKPassport, @madztheo and @michaelelliot, talked about what was going on in the Noir ecosystem and other projects such as Obsidion. The episode emphasizes the role of community contributions in making the evolution of Noir, which is a zero-knowledge domain-specific language (zkDSL), created by Aztec Network, faster.

Community Contributions and Development

Noir (v0.10) was not user-friendly initially, however, over time, it has become more production-ready. The community contributions of ZKPassport are libraries like RSA, ECDSA and a date library to perform age verification. The use of Noir in other languages such as the Circom, as well as Halo2, shows that there are notable migrations of other languages to Noir. Noir has also competed in hackathons such as ZK Hack Lisbon and is receiving an independent security audit in order to be production ready.

An activity of GitHub by the account of zkpassport is evidence that active library contributions occur as late as September 2025. Noir Discord community has expanded to a number of more than 5000 members. The ecosystem has been reinforced via venture support of a16z Crypto in 2024 on the creation of Noir and ZKPassport.

Implications and Potential Developments

The current audit would potentially allow production release by Q1 2026, which would open enterprise adoption possibilities. Migration of other ZK frameworks Migration may increase the number of active developers by mid-2026 (which is currently around 1,000). There is a possible integration with other blockchains, including the Solana, which can grow the use of Noir outside Ethereum.

The podcast The Zero Knowledge comes into the limelight to emphasize the expansion and development of the Noir ecosystem through the contributions of ZKPassport and the active community of developers. Confirmed by GitHub project, community involvement, and market dynamics, Noir is becoming one of the most popular zkDSLs to use in privacy-conscious applications. The next audit and features being production-ready is a milestone in the world of enterprise adoption.

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